Home › Words › V › visiphonevisiphonevisiphone means A telephone capable of making video calls.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, visiphone ranks #7,708 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyPossibly derived from vision + phone.nounA telephone capable of making video calls.e.g.“During the late 21st century, the wide-spread use of portable voice-activated interactive computers and visiphones brought communications to their zenith.” — 2010, Eileen Siedman, The Faithful: 23rd Century Morality: A Mystery Novel, Bloomington, I.N.: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 25:verbTo call someone using a visiphone.e.g.“"Plum, try viziphoning them." / Plum pushed a key and said, "CQ, this is the starship Shillelagh of the Asteroid Federation, calling CQ."” — 1987, Thomas R. McDonough, The Architects of Hyperspace, New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.visionphone 79% match — Synonym of videophone. vs visiphone →videophone 76% match — A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions. vs visiphone →vidphone 73% match — videophone vs visiphone →screenphone 67% match — An advanced telephone that also offers Internet facilities on a screen. vs visiphone →webphone 66% match — A telephone that connects through the Internet. vs visiphone →eyephone 58% match — A device that allows the wearer to watch video material as if immersed in the world being shown. vs visiphone →softphone 57% match — A software program for making telephone calls over the Internet, typically using protocols such as SIP. vs visiphone →telephote 57% match — A telelectric device for producing images of visible objects at a distance. vs visiphone →